TenkaraGrasshopper on the South Platte, Colorado

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Bristol Bay: Environmental Oasis or Environmental Armpit


Stop The Pebble Mine

A Conversation Occurring in 2034

My son and I sit in the Tenkara Man Cave chatting one evening as we tie up a bunch of Sakasa Kebari for an upcoming trip on a local river in Colorado. At one point I notice that my son is staring at my sticker board hanging from the ceiling.

Me: What's up buddy?

Son: Dad, what is that Pebble Mine sticker for?

Me: Well, way before you were born there was a mining project that was proposed up in Alaska that would have done a huge amount of damage to the Bristol Bay area.

Son: So what happened to the Pebble Mine? I haven't heard anything about it.